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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
8
A Monroe ads page lists horse shoing, wagon making, hauling, sharpening services, and various trades. Vendors include Kern's Wagon Shop, Krickel's Horse Shoeing, West Monroe service numbers, and W. C. Church offering cabinet photos. Other entries note travel for J Graves to Johns Hopkins and hotel stays for W M Walker of Columbia.
In Columbus Ohio a gas explosion in a trench injures ten and kills five workers, four foreigners among them. Five other men are seriously burned but expected to recover. Authorities suspect a cap on a gas pipe joint blew off and ignited by a cigarette.
Accepted position South Ed Williams former hustling salesman for Standard Piano Player Co and Schiller Piano Co left last week for Monroe Louisiana where he has accepted a position with the Kaliski Music Co Williams is described as a gentleman and competent in the piano business with no question of success in his new post Oregon Il Republican
Notice is hereby given that J. J. Webb will apply to Mayor N. G. Tippit and the Town Council of West Monroe for a license to operate a bar room and drinking saloon in the McLain building on Trenton Street in the town. 15-16t.
Local ad lists J E Morgan and brothers offering timber wood coal and domestic services plus concrete lime cement sand gravel building materials at West Monroir area. Includes phone 332 and stone mason offering various supplies.
Carrie Lester files a civil action against Will Lester seeking relief in a dispute noted in the court record. The docket lists the case as a civil matter with standard motions and procedural steps pending.
Marriage licenses filed for John Gray and Lilly Hutchinson W J Gagnet and Esther Hicks. Leases and sales recorded involving Emile G Schmidt, Bocuff River Land and Lumber Co, J T Bryant, People's Homestead and Savings Association. City Court notices and larceny case involving Paul Dewnetit. Reappointment of W McWilliams as State Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans through June 1, 1915.
Dr. Charles K. Taylor argues for targeted exercises based on a boy s physical condition. Begin only after heart and defects are checked, stop when fatigue starts, track monthly measurements, and use exercises to supplement outdoor play for overall development.
The New York, with over 150 aboard, limped into port after being struck by the Pretoria in fog off Nantucket. A formal service of thanksgiving was held aboard Fire Island as the liner displayed a tarpaulin bandage over a gash, and Captain Rogers ordered full speed astern to avoid a worse hit.
In Toledo Ohio delegates from many states arrive for the triennial head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America opening tomorrow. The convention centers on the rate question that could trigger a full reorganization. Past actions included a 1911 Chicago readjustment raising rates for older members, with resistances across Iowa Kansas Missouri and Illinois and court injunctions challenging enforcement. A referendum failed to move the issue. insurgents claim enough delegates to block administration plans. Also listed is a used auto for sale at 700 S Grand St Chattanooga Tennessee.
Gray Georgia residents witnessed the execution of Nick Wilbury White who had slain planter James E. King last year. Authorities said the hanging occurred today in the county. King was a well known local planter and community member.
Fragmentary text lists prices and dates with names like Dee and Liverpool. Mentions June 19t1 and July August periods, plus various numeric figures that seem unrelated to a standalone event or notice.
A cottage rental offers three rooms on each floor at $10.06 monthly, 20 minutes from the city, with J Renwick listed. An automobile distribution rights opportunity seeks buyers with $2500 to secure rights and a liberal wholesale discount for the right parties, reply X Y Z care News Star.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes scattered cotton crop conditions with late starts and no large acreage increase likely. Weevils appear as weather shifts, rains ease drought in the belt, and prices may drift lower if central and eastern rains persist, with October around 12.50 a target.
Unclear catalog style text listing various foods and household items with prices. Items include coffee buckets, lard, pork and beans, fruit jars, pineapple, sugar, flour, canned goods, olives, spices, and household products, all in a dense price-laden display. Names of brands or vendors are fragmented and not fully legible.
Harman's Grain Letter notes steady opening with prices easing as locals sell. Market lacks long side leadership and sentiment remains bearish. Corn shows weak cash demand and big visible lift causing liquidation. buy on weakness. Oats see heavy buying by locals amid scattered selling and short-covering.
A 3000 barrel oil well was struck today by Wilson Broach Company about a mile and a half west of previously prospected Edgerly territory in Lake Charles Louisiana. The well reached 2800 feet and yields high quality oil free from salt water, raising expectations that Edgerly may become a major producer. Wilson Broach Company is a new Texas firm.
The vanguard of General Kellys army of the unemployed traveling from San Francisco to Washington was arrested in Crafton West Virginia on trespassing charges. Fifty men will be put to work on county roads tomorrow while Kelly says the main body of about 150 will arrive tomorrow.
Jackson June 15 The trial of Lieutenant Governor Bilbo charged with receiving bribes is set for June 22 in the Hinds Circuit Court.
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